unpleased
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a word derived from
please.
pleaseadverb(used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly.
Example Sentences
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“I’m definitely very unpleased with the way I’m playing,” said Agassi, the No. 3 seed, after the embarrassing loss.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2013
But then we read on to a "cheap glaze," and we become unpleased in a hurry!
From Time Magazine Archive
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The boy kept by her side, evidently not unpleased to have a companion to talk to.
From The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story by Stanley Davis
The bear accepts, with visage grave, But not unpleased; and on their way, They grow familiar, friendly, gay.
From Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Elizur Wright
"Yes," said Captain Delano, not unpleased with this sociable plan, "yes, Don Benito, unless you had rather not, I will go with you."
From The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville